Chetspeak on Sunday

Women of a certain type have an effect on Bernie. This was that type of woman, easy to see just from the way Bernie’s mouth fell slightly open. Curvy shape: check. Big blue eyes: check. Face tilted up in his direction: check. Poor Bernie: that was all it took.

“That’s me,” Bernie said. “And this is Chet.”

She backed away. “He’s so big. I’m not comfortable around dogs.”

Not comfortable around me? True, I’m a hundred-plus pounder, but she had nothing to be uncomfortable about, unless she pulled a gun or something like that. I watched her hands, square-shaped, a little plump, with bright red nails.

“You can be comfortable around Chet,” Bernie said.

“Why is he looking at me like that?”

Bernie glanced over at me. “Uh, not sure, actually. But he means well.”

Of course I did! But I kept my eyes on her hands, just in case. Funny how the mind works: mine was making some kind of connection between red nails and guns. Then I started thinking about the way women paint their nails – I’d seen Leda, Bernie’s ex-wife, do it many times – and men never did. Next I thought about what human nails were for, so small and dull-edged. And after that I lost the thread.

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Happy Egg Day, Everyone! It is great to hear from Chet. Don’t worry…we here lose threads a lot too!
We just now got caught up on yesterday’s post. We are sending pawsitive thoughts to Lady. Please feel better, Lady.
And we are very happy that Macy has been ubabandoned.
Pop is mostly out from under the quilt. In fact he and Mom made it to Art for Arf’s Sake last night. Today, they said we have more work. We have to plant a dogwood tree sent to us from Leslie and Cherokee and the rest of the pack, for Sasha. We are also planting grass and wildflowers on a grave.
Birds: we love watching birds on our feeders. We get cardinals, goldfinches, redwing blackbirds, and lots more. We do not like grackles or blue jays tho.
We have some killdeers in our field, and Mom and Pop found their nest. Stupid birds lay their eggs in the gravel driveway, and then have a fit when anyone gets close. We put orange cones outto make sure nobody drives over that nest.

Gooood morning everyone! Chetspeak, Sunday, egg day, wowser! Can it get any better.
Dawson: other black dog in foto is Lucy Lou the labradoo. Emma P the boxer is missing (shy, hates water).
CHobbit: paws crossed here for Lady.
Macy: glad your pack is back together. Tell them our newfs have traveled well, just hard to fit in carry-on bags!
T&G: Give your folks (BOTH) lots of love.
Rio: you are a character, have a great day and don’t pick on poor puggy Beau! He can’t help it!
B, B&M, BSD, Wolfie,OH,SH,Kats,et al, Have a great day.

Barb did have fun at Jack’s birtday dinner last night, now today has Ben’s birthday dinner. Two grandsons, and they were born 1 day apart. More importantly, MY birthday is on Tuesday the 7th. I will be 4 years old. Jack thinks it is funny that we are the same age.

C Hobbit, good prayers going out for Lady. Also, how did the realtor appointment go? Last we read, she was going to come back with some comps and give you an idea of pricing. Did that go well?

Here’s how I make Sam’s special egg. I put my two eggs in a small dish, cover them with plastic wrap and put them in the microwave. That way I can cook them so that they’re soft-boiled with chunks of eggs and I leave liquid egg that would be for Sam. Then the liquid that is left to gets poured over her kibble. Oh happy day!

Melanie, Yes the asparagus roots will soak up that tea. It gets the nutrients to the roots faster than just mixing compost into the soil. Here we can plant the hardy stuff that doesn’t mind cold nights – spinach, lettuces, peas, etc.

Barb has not had good luck with peppers in the past. She just found out that they are one of the most delicate veggies. They will live if you plant them a little early, but will not produce. The guy at the farmer’s market told her yesterday soil temp should not go below 60 degrees or they will be stunted.

Sniff!….I just checked my SDD and there is not one new donation for the Have Harness Will Travel campaign…grunt!…I was hoping to be very busy tallying up the dollars and announcing our first prize winner…huffle!…Nope, not this morning. Thank you to the few who have donated so far, by the way!….snort!snort!

B: It felt almost like a season finale, but we see a new episode will be aired this coming Thursday. We are pulled deeper into solving the identity of Sherlock’s arch-nemesis, the mysterious Moriarty. Just when we think we know, we don’t.

Cold!…It is only 37 degrees here. Someone’s mother decided today is the day she wants to run all over town to different stores….grunt!…My friend hates days like today – even though the fun won’t start till later…wheeze!

BSD, it’s going to be near 70 today. Getting dry here. Weird to say after the non-Spring we had up to this week. High fire risk. The leaves are not out yet so the undergrowth is tinderbox ready. No high winds in the forecast, Thank Dog. Rain coming up midweek.

I didn’t get any cake (chocolate is bad for me), but Barb did bring home a huge steak bone for me, which I enjoyed this morning out in the yard.

We had kildeer in the country but have not seen any here. Not only do they lay eggs along the roadside in the gravel, but if you get close they will make a lot of racket and pretend they are injured to lead away a predator. They will put one wing down like they have a broken wing. Being a two legged, Barb knew to look for a nest close by.

Also had Bluejays out in the country, but none here. We were told that they got hit hard by West Niles a couple of years ago.

MPM, Mom does not even cook our eggs, but that’s ok. We like them raw. She says when we have chickens, we will be eating more eggs, but she will have to cook them sometimes.
B&M, yup, those killdeers get crazy when anyone gets near that nest. They do the broken wing act, and try to lead you away from the nest. The ‘rents were not fulled.
We plant tomatoes, peppers, and flowers on Mothers Day here. The only stuff planted so far are cold weather plants such as lettuce, potatoes, and onions. They are all growing nicely.
Horses are on 24/7 turnout now. This means way less work and more time for fun fun fun.

Wowser! We had poached eggs today. Just for us! Tonight is cilantro chicken enchiladas but we have to share with the 2 leggers and peck of parrots (little cannibals). So much rain here we are under 4 different flood watches, all in different neighborhoods than us. We be well above the TN river. Wet groung, no gardening, mud pies!

Oley, We planted one row of beans today, but it might be a little early still. We are going to hold off till the 20th for the tomatoes and will wait till Memorial weekend to do the peppers a zucchini. We are going to see if we have better luck with the peppers by waiting longer.

No fair – we didn’t get any eggs. Or bacon either. Ok, so we did get some duck jerky, but that’s all….sniff…

Mama is catering to the Storyteller’s dining wishes. He doesn’t usually care all that much about what is served, but the hospital food was so incredibly bad that to him, a hot, over easy egg is gourmet fare.

She is also catering to the Wrotten Kats who have decided that they no longer wish to partake of certain types of food, and prefer others, thank you very much.

And she is catering to us as we play “We Wanna Go Out – Now We Wanna Come In – Now We Wanna Go Out”. The point of the game is to see how many rounds we can play before she blows a gasket. We are up to 5, and the temperature around here is starting to rise significantly. tee hee

Years ago when Staff biked all over town she was biking with a guy in a well populated area of Minneapolis and they went past a killdeer nest. Not that you saw it, they are hard to see. But the bird started her act and the guy believed it. He hopped off the bike and started after the bird to help it.
Staff told him several times that it was all a ploy but he didn’t believe her and kept chasing the bird. It led him out into the middle of the street and then flew away.
Staff did not say she told him so, but she didn’t see him anymore. Men who don’t listen are no fun at all.

HOH, glad to hear you are on high ground. It’s imperative for your morels.
snicker . .
Staff, speaking of herself in the third person again. Sigh. Anywoof, that guy deserved to be thrown back. I had one like that. He took me hunting for fuzzbutts. Dog, did it anger him that I was a better shot. Only time I ever had squirrel.

I have put on the second coat of paint. The salad wall looks better. I wii take a picture after my time on the heating pad.

Melanie, We are not using compost as mulch – no mulch except the wood kind around the trees and bushes. In the garden just using composted manure and mushroom compost mixed in with the soil. Mushroom compost is great stuff.

Not much planting today, just a clementis plant near our screened in porch. We did put up the tomato cages though, as our tomato plants are now three weeks old. As to this year’s crop, we have: Cherokee Purple (2 plants) and one each of Sara Black, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Sun Gold, and Virginia Sweets (the last one a type of cherry tomato). Some new varieties as Debbie felt adventuresome, in addition to the cherished Cherokee Purples. She also got them from a new place called The Tasteful Garden. We will let you know how everything turns out as the season progresses.

B: Thanks for the link. Yay! Three more episodes! Plus it has been renewed for a second season.
Looks like Zero Hour bit the dust after 3 shows.
Macy’s Mom: Love the bird photo! Tell us more about your vacation.
CHobbit: That Husky knows what he’s talking about.
Hope Lady feels better after the walk.

Wookie’s Dad, Those tomatoes sound interesting. We are going to check into the Sara Black, but don’t think any of the local growers have it. Since you seem to like the “black” tomatoes, you might want to consider Black Krim. We raised Black Krim, Cheroke Purple, Black Seaman (a dud) and Black Brandywine last year. Black Krim had a slight edge over Cherokee Purple, which is one of our favorites.

Now it is time for Barb to take off for Ben’s party. Hamburgers on the menu today, so I think that means no steak bones for me. A girl can always hope! BBL

It’s been a bit of a noisy morning in the kennel. The reason? We couldn’t decide who should make an announcement. We took a vote. Pancho distracted everyone, while Lefty made off with the bunny boot with the votes. From what we remember in our voting handbook—we can’t check it it because we had it for lunch one day—it is called a sweep when someone ends up with all the votes. That’s what we did. We have all the votes in our possession.

Ahem…Now, for the announcement. The Giant and our Lady traveled to Fairbanks on Friday night. On their journey they ran into an unexpected winter storm, a closed road due to an accident, and then truck problems—but, that’s a story for another time. On Saturday morning, they made there way to a outfitter to have the Giant measured for his new Clothe the Giant anorak. It will be made to fit his stature. This is the first time he will have a hood that fits properly so all the weight of the coat doesn’t hang on his head and strain his neck and shoulders, and the arms and hem will be the right length. Our Lady can’t thank all youse enough for making this possible for AJ. We give youse all one guess what color he chose…

Our Giant and Lady also saw our favorite Hobbit. She is busy packing up her house and taking care of Lady.

Wose: They arrived home late last night. His Cloth the Giant coat should be ready in a couple of weeks. Ooh, Wose, Mama Luna wants to talk to you. We’re not sure about what, but we’ve seen that look before.

Wose, Wose, Wose: You know I like to indulge my girls, you and Belle Starr, from time to time especially during quilt time. But, now Belle Starr has it in her head that she needs a ta-tu, too. One a somewhat related matter, she now wants a tu-tu. It’s been ta-tu this and tu-tu that since you showed her Woodstock and Snoopy hugging. Non-stop. I can hardly get my ten naps in a day. I finally asked her what tatoo she would get. She responded quickly, “Me hugging Rio around his non-neck just like Wose’s ta-tu but different.” I told her she could get that tatoo on her ankle if she could convince a certain pug to pose for the image.

Yesterday was a special day around here. There was a surprise 50th birthday party for mommy. That’s why Molly’s mom was here and then stayed overnight cuddling me all night long and giving me egg in the morning, of course.

Partee!!…Did you dance all night long and eat what should have been Sammie’s party food you little Imposter-S?…sniff!…What have you done with the Real Sammie? I am getting very concerned now…sob!…Is she being held captive somewhere?…gruffle!

That’s okay, BSD. Zoë was banging on the furnace ( in the unfinished, dirt floor basement ), I was upstairs and called out, “Are you trapped in the furnace, and can’t get out?” The invectives spewing from the basement were impressive.

Picture of the painted salad wall. No paint touches the soon to be soil.

The Whooping Cranes winter at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and folks with binoculars come by the bus loads to see them. (from a distance)
I did not get a picture, but I saw the most beautiful teal blue bird, some sort of bunting. And the most beautiful pink and red spoonbill.

sorry Macy Mom’s…I asked the question of about their winter home of Mollypop’s Mom instead of you, but I am glad you caught my goof up. People do the same thing here…the binoculars and viewing them from a distance. Mom won’t drive me through it so I could take my own tour.

Guess what? Tomorrow is recycling day! I forgot about it. Boxes are now cut up, and in the appropriate container. Plastics, cans and glass are all stomped and are in their container. Both were wheeled out to the street using the dolly (how the carpola did that become it’s name), had the bear proofing apparatus (rocks) put on top. Wish I remembered I had to do that before all the garden work. slapping myself in the back of the head

I am slowly getting unpacked. The quilt room doesn’t look much worse than it did when I arrived and the library is starting to clear out. The garden distracts me from unpacking though.

It was decent weather here but our old asparagus bed, unlike Melanies, has absolutely nothing peeking out. Mr.Staff is working hard to clean up the garden. Tomorrow I am going to measure for a couple of raised beds and we will buy the lumber on Tuesday and some peat to amend the soil with on Wednesday. Should be an interesting gardening year. I have always wanted to try raised beds. This year I seem to have the energy.

I am interested to see how Melanie’s wall of green looks. Mr.Staff said to buy a package of mixed greens and lettuces and you can try them all and find out what you like for next year.

Gardens!…sniff!…No one bigger than me around here has much energy left for professional type gardens, raised or un-raised beds…grunt!…My friend will be lucky to get her chili peppers planted in the ground along with a couple of pots, yes POTS, of tomatoes…wheeze!

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